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Artefact ID1051
TM IDTM 34375
Findspot (DEChriM ID)1   (Dūš)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageCoptic
Description

SB Kopt. 4 1693; O.Douch I 40 descr.: Coptic letter

Selection criteriaCoptic language
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography, content and dossier connections, archaeological context (O.Douch I, p. ix-x; O.Waqfa, p. 15; O.Douch V, p. vi; Carrié 2004: 262-263).

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Unknown

Accession number

Cairo, Coptic Museum; Dūš, excavations IFAO 1976 inv. 71.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Bagnall, Roger S., Malcolm Choat, and Iain Gardner. 2004. “O.Douch I 40.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 147: 205-207.

• Cuvigny, Hélène and Guy Wagner. 1986. Les ostraca grecs de Douch, vol. I. Documents de Fouilles 24/1. Cairo: Ifao, no. 40 descr.

Additional bibliography

• Fournet, J.-L. 2020. The Rise of Coptic. Egyptian versus Greek in Late Antiquity, The Rostovtzeff Lectures. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press, 12.

• Schenke, Gesa. 2007. “Anweisung zur Übergabe von Textilien und Weizen in O. Douch. I 40 und 49.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 162, 220-222.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1051", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1051
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